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Atmospheric Station Kresin u Pacova
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| Station Characteristics |
| Name |
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Atmospheric Station Kresin u Pacova |
| Country |
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Czech Republic |
| GAW Category |
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Non-GAW (international) |
| Platform |
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Ground base |
| Location |
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49.58ºN 15.08ºE 534m a.m.s.l.
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| Time Zone |
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UTC +1/+2 |
| Address |
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Global Change Research Centre AS CR, v.v.i.
AS Kresin u Pacova
Belidla 986/4a
603 00 Brno
Czech Republic |
| Organization |
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Global Change Research Centre AS CR, v.v.i. (CVGZ)
Czech Republic
www.czechglobe.cz |
| Description |
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The Atmospheric Station Kresin u Pacova, Czech Republic, was established as a station specialised in greenhouse gas and air quality monitoring and research at the regional scale. This rural background station is located in Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. The highlands are an extensive range of hills and low mountains (500 to 800 m ASL) which run in a northeastearly direction across the Czech Republic. The highlands are among the cleanest areas in the Czech Republic without major industry and characterized by agricultural activities and woods. The villages closest to the station (approximately 3 km) have a few hundred inhabitants.
BASIC CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS (1961-1990)
- mean temperature: 7.1 °C
- days with max. temperature > 30°C: 4 per year
- days with max. temperature > 25°C: 27 per year
- days with min. temperature < 0°C: 118 per year
- days with max. temperature < 0°C: 34 per year
- prevailing wind direction: western
- average wind speed: 3 m/s
- annual precipitation: 621 mm
- days with snowfall: 58 per year
- days with snow cover: 66 per year
- mean hours of sunshine: 1800 per year
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| submitted by Global Change Research Centre AS CR, v.v.i. |
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